[vcf-midatlantic] NeXT printer emulator/bridge

[David Ryskalczyk]

Here is the service manual for the printer. Unfortunately the schematics are missing from this set. I wouldn’t mind seeing what the Interface Circuit consists of.

http://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/Hardware/NeXT%20400%20DPI%20Laser%20Printer%20Complete_OCR.pdf <http://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/Hardware/NeXT%20400%20DPI%20Laser%20Printer%20Complete_OCR.pdf>

David

> On Jun 18, 2018, at 4:35 PM, Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
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>> No worries Herb. - Dave
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> Good, thanks.
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> Apparently, there's still confusion as to what a "Canon SX print engine" "is" and how it relates to various printers of the era, including the Next laser printer.
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> And you know, as people were posting about this in this discussion list, I was letting my lunch get cold, doing some Web searching, reading and transcribing bits of what I could find, trying to decide "should I post what I think a "print engine" is, invite Dave to add to that description?" Try to answer this question, with the limits of what I know or can find *right now*.
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> In other words, treat this as a real question.
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> And then the discussion dissolved into Apple-II posts. I think Dave's reaction is something like mine:
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> >  soda -> keyboard
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> ..and I kind-of get what Dave McGuire was getting at, in his larger response. There is some more-serious purpose in these discussions, and if those asking don't consider the effort needed to respond, or the value of these discussions beyond amusing each other for the day or moment; then that disrespects those of us with more purpose that that.
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> So: here's a reference I found on the Next laser printer product:
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> Oct 17 1988 article in InfoWorld (page 93)
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> which associates the Canon SX print engine with that product. If you really want to know more, read the "fine" Next service manuals; see if Next printer parts "cross" over to parts on the other mentioned printers; and check the history of Canon, HP, and Apple laser printers to get a clearer picture.
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> I'm gonna eat my now-cold lunch and go about other matters. Dave, sorry to hear about that keyboard, I get the concept.
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> Herb Johnson
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> Herb Johnson
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